Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From Period start date T Period end date Day Month Year o Day Month Year 1 04 2020 31 03 21
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
EAST AFRICAN SPONSORSHIP TRUST
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1190820 Charity's principal address WHITEWALLS FARM,WARLEGGAN,BODMIN,CORNWALL
Postcode PL30 4HF
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Office (if any)
Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for entitled to appoint trustee whole year (if any)
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1 Alison Rogers
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Jonathan
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2 PenningtonRidge
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Wendy
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3 PenningtonRidge
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4 Minesh Patel
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5 Patricia Ridley
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6 Simon Rowe
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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Dates acted if not for whole year
Name
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
All the trustees were part of the Braeburn family and each of them had previously sponsored students from their own pockets. This was how the charity was formed and those members became trustees
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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●policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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●the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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●relationship with any related parties;
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●trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C Objectives and activities
We aim to offer high quality education to the most promising East African Students, whatever their socio-economic background from Year 9 or above, all the way to university. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document We as a school have done a variety of different fundraisers with the prefect team to help raise money which is then used to sponsor the students. The majority of the fundraising has happened at Braeburn International School, Arusha. There hasn’t been any fundraising that has been done in the UK at the moment. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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●policy on grantmaking;
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●policy programme related investment;
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●contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Jackon is one of our achievements. He was sponsored through his sixth form at Braeburn. From there he took a gap year and saved for university. We continue to sponsor him through university and he is close to finally graduating.
Section E Financial review
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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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●the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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●how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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●investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Minesh Patel Full name(s) Minesh Patel Position (eg Secretary, Finance Chair, etc) Date 26/01/22
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Charity Commission
Charity Commission Annual Return 2021
EAST
Charity registration number: 1190820
Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2021.
Financial period
Financial period start date
12/08/2020
Financial period end date
31/03/2021
Income and spending
Income £
£0
Spending £
£0
Fundraising - professional fundraiser
Did your charity raise funds from the public?
No
Grantmaking
Was grant making the main way your charity carried out its purposes?
No
Government contracts
During the financial period for this annual return, d, id the charity receive income from contracts (other than grant agreements) with central government or local authorities? No
Government grants
During the financial period for this annual return, did the charity receive income from grants from central government or local authorities?
No
Income from outside the UK
Did your charity receive income from outside the UK ?
No
Spending outside England & Wales
Did your charity operate outside England and Wales?
No
Trading subsidiaries
Did the charity have any subsidiaries?
No
Trustee payments
Did any of the trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity other than refunds of legitimate trustee expenses?
No
Did any of the trustees resign and then take up employment with the charity?
No
Employees' salaries
Did any of your charity's staff receive total employee benefits of £60,000 or more? Select No if your charity does not have any staff , or does not pay any staff.
No
For your highest paid member of staff only, what was the total value of their employee benefits?
(For example if your highest paid member of staff received £35,000 enter 35000). If you do not have any staff or did not pay any staff, enter 0 (zero)
£0
Volunteers
How many UK volunteers, excluding trustees, did the charity have during the financial period?
0
Financial controls
Did your charity review its internal financial controls?
No
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Declaration
Your role at the charity (select one):
⊠ Trustee
| Your role at the ch ⊠Trustee |
arity (select one): |
|---|---|
| Given names | minesh |
| Family name | patel |
| Telephone | 07849163528 |
| number | |
| tanumin@yahoo.co.uk | |
| Date submitted | 23/01/2022 |
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